The State of Python

Keynote at PyCon Korea. Theme of the conference is "Connecting the Pythonistas". This talk gives highlights of Python 2019, its future, the ecosystem including Jupyter, neteract, and Binder, challenges/opportunities for Python, and the impact of community.

Transcript

1. PyCon Korea 2019
   The State of Python
   Carol Willing
   

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2. The State of Python
   Code + Community =
   Global Connection
   

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3. Python Steering Council
   Core Developer
   PSF Fellow
   PSF Director (past)
   Frank Willison Award 2019
   
   
   Hello. I'm Carol.
   

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4. !4
   Jupyter
   Steering Council
   Core Developer
   JupyterHub, BinderHub,
   mybinder.org
   nteract
   Core maintainer
   Papermill, Scrapbook,
   Bookstore, Commuter
   

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5. The State of Python
   ‣ Python Today
   ‣ Communicating through code
   ‣ Keys to Python's Future
   ‣ Code and Community
   ‣ Connect the Pythonistas
   

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6. The Zen of Python
   Governance
   

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7. !7
   Change is a
   constant
   

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8. !8
   Great code
   requires
   communication
   

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9. !9
   People have
   opinions
   

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10. Python
    Today
    

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11. !11
    Growth
    Governance
    Python 3.8
    Farewell to Python 2
    Code and Language
    

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12. !12
    Growth
    

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13. 
    
    What's behind the growth?
    Web
    DevOps
    Systems
    Scripting
    

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14. 
    
    Embedded &
    Makers
    Micropython,
    CircuitPython,
    Raspberry Pi
    

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15. !15
    Data Science & Science
    PyData
    AI
    Machine Learning
    Visualization
    Fernando Perez
    Creator, IPython & Jupyter
    

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16. !16
    Governance
    Post-BDFL
    

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17. !17
    PEP 8016
    The Steering Council
    Model
    

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18. PEP 13: Python Language Governance
    ‣ Quality and Stability
    ‣ Contributing accessible, inclusive, sustainable
    ‣ Core team and PSF relationship
    ‣ Decision making processes for PEPs
    ‣ Seek consensus
    

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19. !19
    Barry Warsaw
    Brett Cannon
    Carol Willing
    Guido van Rossum
    Nick Coghlan
    Steering Council
    

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20. Core Development
    

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21. !21
    Python 3.8
    

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22. Positional only parameters
    
    Assignment operator (walrus operator)
    
    "equals" specifier added to f-string
    
    PEP 587: Python Initialization Configuration
    
    PEP 574: pickle protocol 5
    !22
    Key features in 3.8
    

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23. !23
    Farewell to
    Python 2
    

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24. !24
    py3readiness.org
    

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25. !25
    pythonclock.org
    
    python3statement.org
    25
    2020-01-01
    

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26. !26
    In reality, programming languages
    are how programmers express and
    communicate ideas — and the
    audience for those ideas is other
    programmers, not computers.
    http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2016/04/kings-day-speech.html
    Guido van Rossum
    Language Design
    

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27. Communicating
    through code
    

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28. !28
    Jupyter
    nteract
    Binder
    

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29. !29
    Jupyter
    nteract
    Binder
    

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30. Jupyter
    Notebook
    A Jupyter Notebook document with a visualization of measles data.
    

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31. !31
    2014
    Now,
    5 years
    later...
    

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32. 

    Millions of
    Notebooks
    https://github.com/trending/jupyter-notebook
    Over 5 million
    
    on GitHub
    

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33. !33
    ‣ Growth
    ‣ ACM Award
    ‣ Industry adoption
    ‣ Creative uses
    ‣ Open Source Book
    Jupyter
    

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34. jupyter.org
    

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35. !35
    Interactive = Web
    
    Agnostic = Language
    
    Open Source = World
    Keys to Jupyter's Success
    

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36. !36
    Jupyter
    nteract
    Binder
    

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37. !37
    ReactJS front end
    nteract
    

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38. !38
    ‣ Papermill
    ‣ Scrapbook
    ‣ Bookstore
    ‣ Commuter
    Netflix: data at scale
    https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/notebook-innovation-591ee3221233
    

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39. !39
    Enterprise data workflows
    

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40. !40
    Jupyter
    nteract
    Binder
    

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41. !41
    Binder
    mybinder.org
    Binder 2.0 blog post
    elifesciences: Share
    your interactive
    research environment
    Nature article about
    Binder
    

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42. !42
    jupyter.org
    

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43. !43
    Juliette Taka
    

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44. !44
    Binder
    mybinder.org
    

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45. Keys to Python's
    Future
    

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46. !46
    Web Binaries Mobile
    Keys to Python's future
    

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47. !47
    Web
    

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48. !48
    JavaScript and
    WebAssembly
    Interactions with Python
    

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49. !49
    pyodide
    

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50. !50
    https://github.com/data-exp-lab/rust-yt-tools/
    npm package @data-exp-lab/yt-tools
    Irber Junior LC. Oxidizing Python: writing
    extensions in Rust [version 1; not peer
    reviewed]. F1000Research 2018, 7(ISCB
    Comm J):955 (poster) (https://doi.org/
    10.7490/f1000research.1115726.1)
    https://github.com/munkm/widgyts
    yt and jupyter
    widgets
    

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51. !51
    ipyvolume
    https://towardsdatascience.com/multivolume-
    rendering-in-jupyter-with-ipyvolume-cross-
    language-3d-visualization-64389047634a
    

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52. !52
    

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53. !53
    https://github.com/pydy/pydy-tutorial-human-standing
    Animation
    https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/willingc/pydy-tutorial-human-standing/master
    

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54. !54
    Animation
    jupyter.org
    

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55. !55
    Binaries
    User installation experience
    

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56. !56
    Simplify install
    https://nteract.io
    Double Click
    

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57. !57
    cross platform
    

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58. !58
    web distribution
    WebAssembly (wasm)
    Drag and drop (Binder, pyodide)
    Containers and sandboxes
    

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59. !59
    Mobile
    Portable for Global Users
    

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60. On Demand and Mobile First
    web access, hardware, electricity Source: pgbovine.net
    Global Needs
    

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61. zero-to-jupyterhub.readthedocs.io
    

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62. !62
    https://blog.jupyter.org/binder-2-0-a-tech-guide-2017-fd40515a3a84
    https://elifesciences.org/labs/8653a61d/introducing-binder-2-0-share-your-interactive-
    research-environment
    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01322-9
    mybinder.org
    

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63. !63
    From a
    phone in
    the park!
    

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64. !64
    Web Binaries Mobile
    What can you do
    

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65. !65
    What can you do
    ‣ Keep up with WebAssembly news
    ‣ Give a Rust / wasm / Python project a try
    ‣ Try Beeware and its tools. Great project for
    first time contributors too.
    ‣ Think about the User Experience for your
    work
    

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66. Code and
    Community
    Call to Action
    

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67. –Tim O'Reilly
    “Contributions can encompass so
    much more than code. A successful
    software community requires time,
    dedication, communication, and
    education as well as elegant code.”
    
    
    

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68. !68
    Sensible Defaults
    for Code and
    Community
    

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69. !69
    Respect
    time
    graceful disagreement
    your approach may not be best
    

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70. !70
    Listen
    understanding
    consideration
    value ideas of others
    

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71. !71
    Share
    experiences
    knowledge
    risk and reward
    

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72. !72
    Trust
    Negativity shuts down creativity.
    Silencing productive discourse and
    gatekeeping result in toxic workflows.
    

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73. !73
    Humility
    Long term success
    Learning from failures
    Innovation
    

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74. !74
    Have a bold vision
    

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75. Connect
    the
    Pythonistas
    

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76. – Guido van Rossum
    ...a programming language created
    by a community fosters happiness
    in its users around the world.
    
    
    http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2016/04/kings-day-speech.html
    

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77. !77
    the future of
    Python
    depends on
    

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78. !78
    YOU
    

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79. 
    
    Thank you
    @WillingCarol
    willingc on
    GitHub
    

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80. 
    
    Thank you
    

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81. !81
    Join the
    

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82. 
    
    Thank you
    @WillingCarol
    willingc on
    GitHub
    

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83. Attributions and
    Acknowledgements
    

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84. Matplotlib documentation
    
    Carol Willing papers and photos
    
    Project Jupyter
    
    nteract project
    
    Python website
    
    Fernando Perez website
    
    ipyvolume project
    
    yt project and Madicken Munk
    
    Binder Team
    
    Kirstie Whitaker
    
    

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85. The End
    

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86. PyCon Korea 2019
    The State of Python
    Carol Willing
    

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